Elevator Action is a difficult one to categorise, in many ways it had the simplicity and addictiveness of a Game & Watch game, but the combination of strategy to reach the bottom made this game a huge success.

The plot went like this – break into a building and steal the plans hidden behind a door somewhere. You move from floor to floor using the elevators (duh!) and the escalators, while Spy vs Spy-style, black-suited bad guys tried to shoot you. Shoot them, find the door and the plans and make it to the basement. Repeat until dead.